wait up

英 [weɪt ʌp]

美 [weɪt ʌp]

等着不睡; 熬夜等待; （尤指）等待夜归的人; 走慢点; 等一等

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 等着不睡;熬夜等待；（尤指）等待夜归的人
  If youwait up, you deliberately do not go to bed, especially because you are expecting someone to return home late at night.
  1. I hope he doesn't expect you to wait up for him...
     我希望他没指望你熬夜等他。
  2. Don't wait up.
     不要熬夜等着。
• PHRASAL VERB 走慢点;等一等
  If you ask someone towait up, you are asking them to go more slowly or to stop and wait for you.
  1. I was running down the hill shouting, 'Michael, Michael, man, wait up'.
     我边往山下跑边喊：“迈克尔，迈克尔，嘿，等等我。”

双语例句

• There's not much difference. I used to wait up half the night for George to go, and now I wait up half the night for him to come home.
  “没有太大的区别，过去我总是熬到半夜等乔治离开，现在我总要熬到半夜等他回家”。
• She said that you shouldn't bother to wait up for her.
  她说你不必费心熬夜等她。
• Hey wait up, want some whisky with ice?
  嗨！等一下，要不要再来杯威士忌加冰？
• Hadn't we better wait up for the slower ones?
  我们停下来等等走得慢的人不好吗？
• We could hardly wait to get up in the morning!
  我们简直等不及到清晨才起床。
• The FSA said the UBS traders took advantage of rules that allowed the international desk to wait up to 24 hours before specifying which account number they were trading for.
  fsa表示，瑞银交易员利用了这样一条规定，即允许国际部门在指明自己交易的账号方面，可等上至多24小时。
• Hey, Zhao feng, wait up! I just got this new stamp from brussels.
  喂，赵锋，等等，我刚刚得到一张布鲁塞尔的邮票。
• I'll be very late tonight, so don't wait up for me.
  今晚我要很晚才回来，所以不要为我等门了。
• Remember the people infected with a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis or co-infected with HIV who had to wait up to3 months for a reliable diagnosis.
  不要忘记那些耐药性结核病患者或同时感染有艾滋病毒的结核病患者，他们为了获得可靠的诊断，必须等待长达3个月时间。
• Wait up, I shan't be tong.
  等我一下，不会很久。